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Posted By: Peace
13-Mar-08 - 09:52 AM
Thread Name: Chords: Song of the Old Communist (Leon Rosselson)
Subject: ADD: Song of the Old Communist (Leon Rosselson)
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SONG OF THE OLD COMMUNIST
(Leon Rosselson)

He was one of those dogged old men, who live in the past,
telling stories you don't want to know

Of how it was then, the hunger, the hardships
the hopes and the struggles of so long ago.
[.]
You may think we were duped, well we paid for our dreams,
Broken lives, broken marriages, jobs lost and jail.

Some lost heart and left, some betrayed us for metal
There are always some turncoats whose souls are for sale

But the best of us never surrendered our vision
And we kept the faith through the bleakest defeats-
Do you think that was easy, surrounded by hatred,
The sneer of indifference, the hurt of deceit?

And our lives were made rich by the cause that we fought for
The friendships, the fellowship, sharing one's name

To transform society, end exploitation-
And that day will come yet! But not in my time.